October 29, 2014

Facebook Not Always Interested in Profit

By: Vindu Goel, NY Times


AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

Facebook shareholders got a sobering reminder on Tuesday: It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s company, and he is determined to spend billions of dollars over the next decade on ventures that might never generate substantial profits.

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